This collection of classic Curly Fletcher (1892-1954) poems includes many of his own favorites that are still recited today, including:

The Tome of Time * The Strawberry Roan * Yavapai Pete * Chuck-Wagon Blues * The Saga of Borax Bill * Lonesome Days * The Cowboy’s Soliloquy * Tioga Jim * The Sheep-Herder’s Lament * The Pot Wrassler * When Desert Flowers Bloom * The Painted Trail * The Cowboy’s Prayer * The Ridge Running Roan * The Saddle Tramp * The Desert Rat * The Cow Pony’s Lament * The Flyin’ Outlaw * Mountain Meadow Memories * Last of the Thundering Herd * Wild Buckeroo * The Valley of Listless Dreams * Meditation

Western Folklife Center founding director Hal Cannon wrote the preface of this edition.
Published by Gibbs M. Smith Inc, Peregrine Smith Books.